Early baseball in Alabama/Club 3
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Location | Alabama |
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Year | 1875 |
Month | 7 |
Date | 26 |
Modern address | Decatur AL |
City | Decatur |
State | AL |
Nickname | Red Stockings, Alligators |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Red Stockings of Decatur beat the second nine of the Alligators of Decatur 43 to 15 on July 26th. Nashville Union and American, July 28, 1875.
The game site, at Tuscumbia AL (pop. about 8000 now) is in the NW corner of the state and about 110 miles NW of Birmingham. It is about 40 miles W of Decatur (1870 pop = 675, 1880 pop = 1000)and about 5 miles S of Florence AL (1870 population 2000, 1880 population 1300).
Sources
Nashville Union and American, July 28, 1875